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Jubilation

“Jubilation!” Bazil Okafor, staff writer for the Sunday Concord Newspaper in Lagos, came to me in ‘83, all excited about Dr. Lambo of the World Health Organization speaking in Akure, Nigeria and insisted I photograph the ceremony. You see, when the Yorubas get together for social events, whether it’s a wedding, birthday or baby naming ceremony, the party usually goes until morning and this occasion was no different. The drummers took over the night, goat meat stew and jollof rice captured our appetites as beautiful women expressed their happiness through the power of dance.